Contact

2: Gumption, perhaps?

contact 5

3:10 PM

Contact 2

@Phoenix contact

5: Glimpse

contact 5

5 is no

uncontact 5

3:11 PM

5: Glance?

1: GI

What letters?

Check starboard pins

@Christopher The current letters being defended are pinned on the right hand side

@Sconibulus 5 is Yes

3:12 PM

6: Linus Torvalds created this

Contact 6

5: Blinding light

@BusinessCat contact 5

Contact 5

1: GI Joe... probably GENERAL INFANTRY or something similar?

3:12 PM

Nope

6: GNU or GPL?

@Sconibulus its richard stallman

6: none of those

8: bright light reflection (doing it right?)

7: Video game character with four arms

3:13 PM

contact 6

5: Glare

@Christopher Pick a number not already in use on the right, and use the double ** around your clue to bold it for readability

@Christopher btw, you have to bold the clues

@Christopher If you're making a clue can you make it bold (put ** on either side)

And 5 is GLARE

contact 7

3:14 PM

2: not GUMPTION

6: maybe Git?

I get it. Bold is key

9: Albert Einstein's theory on gravitation

I'm terrible at remembering who does what

@betseg but I have 8

3:14 PM

yes, Git was made by Linus

@Christopher oops

I'm uncontacting if that's not it

@Sconibulus yup

You can reuse words that you are cluing, but you shouldn't use the same exact clue as someone else

9: General Relativity?

3:15 PM

yes

7: Goro

Yes

8: Glare?

Deleting 2. Apparently I misunderstood the definition...

are 1, 2, or 4 contacted?

3:15 PM

I think 2 works GPR? I have contact

oh, 2's gone :)

9: Nice looking rock

I'll pass 2

It's not pretty but

2 is gone.

It was wrong.

3:16 PM

Were you going for GRIT?

Contact 9

9: Gneiss-sounding, you mean?

9 Yep

@Sconibulus yes

@n_palum That's probably what I was going for, but the word I had in my head was GRIST, which doesn't mean the same thing.

That is what i say i think

3:16 PM

5: January, February, March, April, ...

12: Foolish (Chiefly British insult)

@Christopher You just say yes or no if they were correct in guessing your clue

@GentlePurpleRain Ahh gotcha - probably better deleted then

contact 5

@Christopher And use the clue number for clarity.

9: Nice looking rock

3:17 PM

contact 1

yay!

13: video ____

9: Granite?

12: Goober?

Contact 13

@Christopher contact 13

3:18 PM

13: Game

5: Gent?

9 No

5: nope

@Silenus shoot now what

contact 9

@Christopher Now the clue goes away

3:18 PM

9: Gneiss then?

@Phoenix oh :(

@Sconibulus 13: yes

@Christopher Just say "13: correct" or "13: no"

@Christopher Nothing, if someone contacts your clue, you don't say anything until it is passed

contact 5

Also not GNEISS - I wouldn't give the same clue for the same word silly

3:19 PM

pass 5, I'm missing something :)

5: GREGORIAN?

5 is the GREGORIAN CALENDAR

yes

^-^

Ahh

Sconibulus defending: G O

3:20 PM

4 is dead, was Gimbal

Gahhh both mine die

12 is live

13: able to bend/move

3: Feeling of superiority

5: Au><>

3:20 PM

12: Goober?

GPR guesses for 1/9 since you had both contacted?

7: Programming Puzzles and Code _____

@Phoenix contact

contact 7

1: Gastrointestinal?

9: Gemstone

3:21 PM

7: Golf

2: A crazy person is out of their __.

Ahh, Gemeralds...

2: Gourd

7 Ye

Yes for 1, and no for 9, was thinking GEODE

Yes

3:21 PM

1: Au

Contact 1

Contact 2

1: Gold

@Christopher It's already been solved.

10: Highest killing spree in Dota 2

3:22 PM

@Sconibulus yes

Contact 10

10: contact

10: GODLIKE!

@KritixiLithos The goal is to make a clue that's hard enough that Sconibulus won't guess it, but someone else might.

10 Ye

3:22 PM

NO!

can someone star 5?

@Phoenix rampage

5: Goldfish

that is higher. iirk

yes

3:22 PM

@GentlePurpleRain contact 3

goldfish, I would never have seen that lol

12: Goofy?

@Christopher Rampage isn't a killing spree, it's for getting 5 kills in quick succession.

@GentlePurpleRain it was meant as a hint for 5, but I see your point

@Phoenix It is killing an entire team one after another.

@Phoenix still Beyond Godlike is better

3:23 PM

1: Pangaea split into Laurasia and _____

1: Gondwana or Gondwanaland I believe

No need to continuously nitpick clues if it's been solved. Move along.

4: Southern peanuts

8: shiny and a color

@Christopher I think that only exists for custom games

3:24 PM

@Sconibulus yes, I've heard it both ways

8: Golden

I GTG

\o

0/

bye, Phoenix

I have a big head. don't judge

3:25 PM

Contact 4 and 3

4: Goober?

@Christopher Remember to confirm/deny the guess for 8

5: Folkloric mud man

@GentlePurpleRain uhh it is kinda right but the wrong form.

are 3 or 13 contacted?

3:25 PM

1: Boromir is from here

14. Blood and ___

@Sconibulus I have contact on 3.

1: Gondor

contact 14

1: yes

pass 3

14: Gore

3:26 PM

@Christopher If it's meant to be "Gold", that's probably close enough (and Gold was already done once).

3: GOD COMPLEX

@Sconibulus not 13

3: correct

@Sconibulus yes

4: correct (missed the guess, sorry)

3:26 PM

Wait

wait, we're getting a new letter

Sconibulus defending: G O L

Oh whoops my bad.

5 lives.

2: Doesn't know what's in my pocket

3:27 PM

8: shiny fish

4: Ivanka Trump, according to some

@n_palum contact

2: Gollum

8: Goldfish

Yes :)

8: yes

3:27 PM

haha, nice one @n_palum

@Christopher if possible, try not to do the same exact words if you aren't making drastically different clues

7: David's foe

3: Often made of stone

contact 7

Contact 7

3:28 PM

7: Goliath

Thank you Lithos :)

7: yes

pass 5

Contact 4 I think

5: GOLEM

3:28 PM

8: ____ gee gosh darn

GOLEM is correct.

GOLEM was my word

gg

3 was also GOLEM :P

was 4 GOLD DIGGER?

3:29 PM

Yes, 4 was GOLD DIGGER.

Ha I think there are quite a few words for her

Who starts?

can you even be a gold digger when you're born richer than I'll ever be in my lifetime?

Silenus has first dibs

Silenus defending: C

3:30 PM

1: animal small and fuzzy

1: CHIPMUNK

4: The hazelnut in the Ferrero Rocher

1: CAT

I would have loved to star @ffao's comment. But, we run out of stars soon in this game..

4: CHOCOLATE?

3:31 PM

@Silenus yes

@Sid FTFY

4: nope

4: CENTER?

1: bovine

3: Satisfactory, Undersider's pet word. (9)

3:31 PM

4: still no

contact 1

I have to go

1: COW or COWLIKE

4 was CORE

@Silenus 1: yes

3:32 PM

@Christopher, remember to use the clue number when responding to a guess.

@ffao She's trying

5: That's a nice house, it'd be a shame if something happened to it...

5: CORLEONE?

2: Arctic fish

5 no

3:33 PM

perhaps contact 2.

5: COERCION?

5: contact

1: wildly excited

5: no

Contact 2

3:34 PM

1: CHAMPING AT THE BIT

4: Nice Drink (7)

Pass on 5

@Silenus 1: no

Contact 4

contact 4

3:35 PM

5: CRIME?

Coercion was my initial guess

Not crime

5: creeper

You cannot contact after a pass was made @Christopher

Not sure if you're supposed to contact after the pass, but it is CREEPER

Doesn't count.

3:36 PM

yay. geek knowledge

Creeper? Oh Minecraft

But dang

hint 1 is still live

Pass on 4.

CORDIAL

4: yep

3:37 PM

Silenus defending: CH

3 dies, was COPACETIC

Dang it! I just came up with a good CC one

2 stands

Still contact 2

... uncontact 2.

3:38 PM

Is there a time limit for a guess before you have to guess or pass

@Christopher not really.

1: cold

contact 1

2: CHAR

1: CHILL or CHILLED

my first one up there was craze

3:38 PM

@Christopher There was already a 1.

2: correct

@GentlePurpleRain it doesn't work now

1: correct

You should let us know when new words are given.

Then you have to let people know that so it can be removed.

3: SPE(C)IAL

5: Fey Child?

3:39 PM

1: to become different

@GentlePurpleRain hence my messages

contact 1

contact 1

1: CHANGE

1: correct

1: generally large open room

@Christopher Oh, okay. When you said "still live", I interpreted that as "still valid", but you meant it should be removed.

3:40 PM

@GentlePurpleRain well it was valid then but whatever.

5: CHANGELING?

5: yep

@Christopher We generally try to make the clues tricky enough that the person defending won't get them immediately, but solvable enough that someone else will contact.

contact 3

8: Talks and talks and talks...

3:41 PM

@GentlePurpleRain yes it was simple. I actually ripped a definition of the website

contact 8

8: CHATTERS

4: _____ change

MM.... I'll say no, the word is specific

4: CHUMP

3:42 PM

4: correct

2: Belt

33: Sausage

5: Candle-maker

there is a 3 scon

@Christopher external resources are discouraged

3:42 PM

@Christopher You cannot use google or other internet sources during this game

contact 5

@Sconibulus 33: CHORIZO

@n_palum oh really. Whatever that was the only one.

@ffao oops, sorry

33: ✓

You're supposed to play the game from your own knowledge

3:43 PM

2: CHANT?

contact 1

8 needs a star

no on 2

@n_palum will do. Everything else was my own knowledge

tentative contact 2

Pass on 1.

3:44 PM

1: CHAMBER

@GentlePurpleRain correct

Woohoo! another letter.

Silenus defending: CHA

3 stays alive

5 stands

3:45 PM

my contact on 3 also stands

2 & 8 stand

1: a hero who won

6: Better team wins

contact 1

6: CHAMPIONS?

6: nope

3:45 PM

1: CHAMPION

@Silenus yes

14. The English ____

contact 14

14: CHANNEL

Yes...

3:46 PM

1: a reptile that change color

contact 1

contact 1

1: CHAMELEON

Pass on 5.

1: correct

5: CHANDLER

3:47 PM

5: correct

oooh, nice

Silenus defending: CHAI

3 dies

ffao?

was CHARISMA, after the Fallout stat system

6 dies, was CHALK

3:47 PM

2 dies CHASITY and 8 dies CHATTERBOX

1: generally metal loops connected

Yep

1: CHAIN

1: correct

3: Power tool

4: Automatic Weapon

3:48 PM

Pass on 3.

4: Tea

contact 3.

contact 3 then

3 CHAINSAW

3: CHAINSAW

3:48 PM

Now I pass on 3.

CHAINSAW is my word.

whee

tea = CHAI not sure on weapon

Chaingun

I was just preparing that clue as: "The Texas ___"

Cool

Nice job

@Sconibulus start us up

3:49 PM

Sconibulus defending: H

1: a greeting word

1: Hi, Hello, Howdy, Hey, Huh?

2: Rough farm yard animal heard (6)

@Sconibulus yes

3: Lawn game

3:51 PM

2: Hoarse

3: Horseshoes

3: ✔

2: Yes

5: Us

6: Break

5: Heathens?

6: Hew

7: beep

3:52 PM

1: my _ are bananas

9: Tartarus

@KritixiLithos contact 9

5 No but good try

10: Good news, everyone

6 not hew

3:53 PM

7: Horn

9: Hell?

yes

10: Hubert Farnsworth

10 ✔

1: is still up

It's starred, we are aware.

3:54 PM

@Sconibulus I'll give you 7 (intended was HONK).

eh, those are different enough to be different words

it's usually suffixes and stuff we let slide

1: Hands?

Well, I was unhappy with the underdetermined clue.

2: Mercury

2: Hg

@Sconibulus 1: yes

3:56 PM

6: Could be Heart by association

6 No but again nice

@Sconibulus no

1: unkempt field

uh oh...

2: Hatter?

still no

is it too broad?

3:58 PM

Not yet

2: Hydragyrum or whatever?

still no

1: Heath

remember, "Mercury" could mean other things

3: Binary

3:59 PM

20. The Joker is dead.

it could, but I don't think any of the space stuff is h-related

Is a contacting attacker allowed to submit multiple guesses if the defender passes?

nope, one guess per contacter